The run tonight was from the Paddington Tavern, Hares Mortein and S'Bags.
We run from the Paddo quite a bit, and it's a very hilly area. The weather was showery with the chance of a thunderstorm, and this meant that we were going to have fun with the chalk markings. And so it turned out.
The hares gave Even Optus a map of the run just in case we needed it, and we did. Optus had trouble reading the map from the start and we ended up off trail after the first corner!
As usual the pack was split up into runners, walkers, and drinkers, with the drinkers going straight into the bar. The usual suspects here were Spermwhale and Monty with a couple of hangers on.
C'Toe turned up again and gave everyone a hard time, and he had his mate from Toowoomba, Each Way, with him, who makes the occasional appearance.
After a minutes silence for remembrance day the run took off up Given Terrace and left into Guthrie Street, where the first of the mix ups occurred. The chalk trail was being affected by the rain and Optus was having trouble understanding the map.
After some correcting we were off again and the pack eventually thinned out into a small pack of 11 runners, as the rest of them short cut, even at this early stage.
Running conditions were quite good, warm and wet, with light rain falling. The pack at this stage consisted of JC, Grewsome, Catgut, Bugs, Best and Less, Even Optus, Scruffy, Tinkerbell, Hand-job, C'Toe and Each Way, and me. LAP and Multiple Choice were with us as well albeit some way back, but they were still on trail.
After more hills and then more again the pack dwindled until there was only Bugs, Grewsome, Scruffy, Catgut, Tinkerbelle and me, with the rest of them either being lost or taking off back to the tavern. We crossed over Milton Road and came across a two-way which further split the pack. Bugs, Grewsome, Scruffy and I took the wrong option and ended up off trail for some time, eventually finding it again along Grimes Road near the Auchenflower railway station,
At this stage we thought we'd just head back to the tavern as we'd been out for 45 minutes at that stage.
We got back onto Milton Road and headed east towards the brewery where we found the trail again, and ran back to the on-on.
My hamstrings were beginning to feel the pinch at this stage and I was grateful to be finished, not wanting to injure myself again after the long layoff.
The circle was held with usual vigour and we adjourned to the Paddo Tavern for a drink before heading home. Run time was 56 minutes in the end and I noticed that my fitness was gradually returning, albeit slowly. Must remember not to overdo the return and take it steadily back to full fitness - or near enough to it.
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